The Brightest Shadow

The Brightest Shadow, Book 1

De: Sarah Lin

Narrado por: Mikael Naramore, Elizabeth Evans

Tani’s world has never been peaceful. Torn between the many cultures that meet on the Chorhan Expanse, the greatest threat they now face is an expansionist army of monstrous nonhumans who call themselves the mansthein.

To take her place as a full warrior of her tribe, Tani must travel across the vast grasslands of the Chorhan Expanse. But she has her sights set higher than a mere ritual journey: She wants to uncover a solution to the impending war that threatens her people.

Tani believes that peace may be possible, but there are others on both sides who believe in legends that tell of monsters with zealous devotion. All around her, warriors have their eyes on a glorious victory with no concern for the piles of bodies they'll create on the way.

She will be joined by a killer pretending to be a healer, a mansthein commander struggling with his orders, a thief who pawned her heart of gold, and a strategist exiled from a foreign land. But none of them are the Hero.

It doesn't matter how many shades of gray might exist, some people see only in black and white. And the terrifying truth is that the stories they tell might not be just legends.

©2020 Sarah Lin (P)2020 Podium Audio

a very interesting take on a classic sorry

the magic and character a very interesting to me, but the ethics and twist on the classic story are what make it most interesting.

Certified Sarah Lin classic

This book has all you would expect from SL: intriguing worldbuilding, compelling characters and masterful subversion of age-old tropes. Narrators for the audiobook are great - and deserve all the recognition too.

If you are reading this - you should definitely give this book a try!

This is now the series I am most excited for.

Sarah Lin has solidified herself as my favorite author. As always her setting and cultures feel alive and I could get lost in them. The characters are each unique and fun. I am so excited to see the continuation of this series and I can't wait to hear more about it.

This is a great fusion of both classic epic fantasy and xianxia while still feeling unique.

poor worldbuilding

why does no one seem concerned that monsters are invading other then an insane hero?

stunning.

where to begin. this book hand incredible world building, truly immensely amount of detail going into it, with no info dumps. the characters were well fleshed out, believable with real motivations and organic interactions. the characters were written in such a way that you are able to empathize easily with them. the prose and descriptions are great. the rising action/climax were incredible, holding attention and making so you dont want to walk away even for one second. it was hard to make myself stop listening to go to bed. normally I listen to books at 1.5x or greater speed but this on i listened to at regular speed to truly savor every moment of. the magic system was well developed, a good hard system style type of magic with no deus ex machina situations. I truly cannot say enough good of this book without spoiling any details of it. thoroughly enjoyable. the various plot points and individual characters storylines are immensely interesting.
the narrators performed great, good audio quality with great editing and no unnecessary sound effects or music